There are 101 things Formula E should be doing in this ridiculous 7 week break. This isn’t one of them. Ironically, this is a cheap PR stunt but if we were racing this wouldn’t have needed to be dreamt up at all today. Bit of fun? Nah, it’s just boring and a bit lazy.
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Crazy day at the office! First & foremost its great nobody was significantly injured. Secondly, important to note after 9 years of racing this is first time such a serious incident has occurred. Yes,12-volt battery incidents at Long Beach & Montreal but first ever RESS fire.
We’re going to have another week of major
@FIAFormulaE
news, mostly good! That’s even before the action hits the track on Saturday morning. We are heading to the track on Thursday and will have three Notebooks for you on Thursday, Friday and Sunday/Monday 💪🏽🙌🏼
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Rare photo of post Heidfeld/Prost incident at Beijing in ‘14. What a lot of people don’t know is that the rescue truck dropped it while winching & inflicted more damage! 😜New documentary details this & other early FE will be released soon featuring FEN’s Sam Smith
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Look who’s back! Andre Lotterer will join David Beckmann as a reserve driver for Porsche next year. Lotterer’s priority will again be his WEC programme in the No.6 Porsche Penske 963 Hypercar
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First news of 2024! Attack charge will definitely not be used in the Mexico City EPrix. It will be tested in free practice though. Possible implementation in Diriyah or Misano for one of those double-headers.
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The suppliers for the Gen4 era of
@FIAFormulaE
are about to be announced. We think Podium Advanced Technologies will provide the batteries. Spark the chassis again. But what about tyres? Another four years for Hankook? Will be communicated very soon
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Sam Bird’s win in São Paulo was the first non-Jaguar or Porsche victory for nine months (Guenther at Jakarta). Who else do you think could follow that trend soon?
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The usable energy given for Misano this weekend is 38.5kWh. That is going to make for extreme high energy saves, particularly in Saturday's race which is 28 laps long. The nature of this track will likely make for a fairly insane race that no one will want to lead.
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Some details on Misano for you. The races will both start at 15.00CET and run to 28 laps on Saturday and 26 laps on Sunday. The extra free practice for rookies will be at 14.30 on Friday. No shakedown.
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Unfortunately Jake Hughes will have to have a survival cell change overnight after that accident in FP1. Long night for the NEOM McLaren folks 😬
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#MexicoCityEPrix
The ProSieben broadcaster in Germany will not continue its deal to show live Formula E races next season. A significant blow as more free to air coverage is lost after Channel 4 made a similar decision recently.
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Practising of the Attack Charge will resume in São Paulo next month. The decision comes after technical problems in Mexico City. Diriyah testing was ceased because of these. SP & possible Tokyo testing will be crucial in decision making for possible Misano debut of AC.
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Formula E will begin its 10th season soon. This is the first run of the very first car in a French car park in 2014. Bertrand Baguette is the driver. Nissan’s new chief engineer Theo Gouzain on left. An historic moment captured in a previously never seen photo!
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(1/2) Formula E executives will visit the Chiang Mai area of Thailand this month to study the feasibility of holding an EPrix for the first time in the country, possibly as early as 2026.
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The criteria for running rookie drivers for the remainder of the Valencia test has been withdrawn. Meeting currently ongoing about whether teams can run tomorrow. Decision expected this evening.
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Lola returning to top-line international motorsport is one of the great feelgood stories of recent years. 12 years after it looked to be all over for the legendary constructor.....Lola is back! Much more on this story later this week
#Lola
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We’ve got tonnes of news coming at 10am UK time from the world of Formula E. Guaranteed substance over hype and not a loose manhole cover in sight 😉
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Don’t be surprised if there is a May date for the second Tokyo Eprix next season. Likely to be part of a three date Asian leg around May/June.
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The Attack Charge pit lane boxes that were featured in Mexico are vacant from the
#RiyadhEPrix
Just a visual test in Mexico, or is this a possible sign of delays?
#FENotebook
understands there was another Attack Charge test planned for this weekend but it has been cancelled.
Oliver Rowland is the winner of the Misano EPrix today after Da Costa has been disqualified for a technical infringement relating to a spec part - throttle damper spring. FEN understands that Porsche is considering an appeal. But as it stands DAC has been thrown out.
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Two 'races' with attack charge pit stops will take place at VAL this Wednesday. A single charger being allocated to each team. This means they will be shared & allocated via 2023 finishing positions. The ‘odd’ placed finishing drivers get charger in AM ‘race’ & ‘even’ in PM!
Cool stripey tyres via
@Hankook_Sport
and attack charge branding, although this will only be used in Shakedown, FP1 and FP2 this weekend.
#MexicoCityEPrix
There was a huge rainstorm that hit the track this evening. Formula E Notebook had just left the area but has seen images of flooded pit boxes. Hopefully not too much damage but a lot of water on the pit straight and pits area!
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#SaoPauloEPrix
This afternoons session is limited to 300kW running as a precaution. Friday running time will be 8h30 to 18h30 and with no interruption. No extra running is scheduled for Saturday
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The future of
#FormulaE
in Italy, an
@F1
team principal visit and all the news, views, groans and moans from a frenetic weekend at
#MisanoEPrix
🇮🇹
The weekend's final
#FENotebook
is available now 👇
For, I think the first time ever (certainly that I can remember) there were no penalties in race one! Astounding, considering the state of the track still & the nature of Diriyah track. Think it could be very different today, although will be even more flat-out!🤦♂️
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Sadly Seb Buemi is out of the second Diriyah EPrix. There is a small crack in the survival cell and the with no time to get spare Jaguar tub ready an official withdrawal was inevitable
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Leo Thomas will replace outgoing Stellantis Motorsport Formula E director. He replaces Thomas Chevaucher who is rumoured to be joining the FIA. Thomas was influential in Techeetah, DS Techeetah and Jean-Eric Vergne's two titles between 2017 and 2019.
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A future race at the 'The Bund'? Simsy's Action Packed Stewards Debut and all the in-depth stories and reactions from a busy first
#TokyoEPrix
⬇️
#FENotebook
Misano will play host to 11 Rookie drivers in April. This will be followed by a full day of testing on Monday 13th May in Berlin for 22 that have not driven in an EPrix before. Who will be on the rookie list? Here are a few clues -
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The Hyderabad EPrix will
officially be cancelled this evening. Formula E will therefore have an incongruous seven week gap from Diriyah to São Paulo ☹️
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Diriyah has always been horrendously dusty, largely due to lots of construction work on the perimeter of the track. Seems especially bad this year though. Times nowhere near what they should be yet.Surface evolution will gather pace through every lap. Unless wind gets up that is!
Attack Charge delays, new powertrain manufacturer and a potential calendar expansion for 2024/25.
Get up to speed for the
#TokyoEPrix
with
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De Vries, Mortara, Mueller, Vandoorne, Vergne, Buemi and Nato all in action at the WEC race in Qatar this week. FE Notebook just happens to be on site so will endeavour to get a few pics across to you in the coming days 🙌
#Qatar1812KM
Buemi has reported a dash display that reads 'contactors open' and a bad smell in the cockpit. Appears to be something brakes related
#DiriyahEPrix
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Mahindra completed its Valencia 'compensation test' at Monteblanco last week. The allocated time was the track time lost via Nyck de Vries' car at Valencia which was damaged in the WAE pit fire which occurred next door to Mahindra's box
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Former Jaguar technical director Phil Charles has begun his new role with DS Penske and will attend first race at São Paulo. Formula E’s biggest ever non-driver intra-team move. Will be fascinating to see how things unfold there.
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So, if you were on
#TheApprentice
what would you’re
@FIAFormulaE
team look like? We’d be ‘FEN Speed’ - Cassidy & Dennis in the cockpit. TP would be Ian James & we’d come in £28.6m over cost cap!*😂💪🏽
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*Not including a quarter of a million quid loan from
@JeffFormulaE
😉
(2/2) Formula E CEO
@JeffFormulaE
met with Thai Prime Minister, Srettha Thavisin, recently to discuss possibilities. They were joined by Paetongtarn Shinawatra, leader of the ruling Pheu Thai Party and deputy chair of the National Soft Power Strategy Committee
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The news that tech director Phil Charles is leaving Jaguar is a bolt from the blue. It’s rocked the
@FIAFormulaE
paddock. But where’s he off too? Thoughts?
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Formula E Notebook has landed in Riyadh and has already started attacking the delicious local nibbles. Expect more morsels of delight this time tomorrow on
@fe_notebook
🤓💪🏽
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#DiriyahEPrix
A week until the second São Paulo EPrix. Here’s a snapshot of last years atmosphere. Who will shimmy in the Sambadrome this year?
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Quite a week in Riyadh. Three races in two weeks and now 7 weeks to São Paulo. What a drag! We’ll be back then but please stay tuned to
@wearetherace
for all the latest news and features on
@FIAFormulaE
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The first track action of 2024 will take place at 14.30 local time next Friday at Circuit Hermanos Rodriguez with a shakedown session. The first of two Free Practice sessions starts at 14.30. FP2 at 7.30 on Sat. Quali begins at 9.40 & EPrix scheduled for 14.04 local.
#MexicoEPrix
Silverstone ePrix rumours, track limits at
@circuitomisano
and the rookies taking part in FP0.
Get ready for the
#MisanoEPrix
double header with the weekend's first
#FENotebook
👇
A very interesting week in São Paulo. Lots of news to come from
before Tokyo. At least two major stories. We’ll be on the ground in force again from next Thursday at the track. Stay tuned! 😃🇯🇵💪🏽
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#SaoPauloEPrix
#TokyoEPrix
#Tokyo
0.002s! Epic quali final! Wehrlein's second pole of season but reckon he might be casual 'accidentally on purpose' slow down to T1 later! Litrally half the grid can win this thing!
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Nissan technical director Vincent Gaillardot will be starting his new role at the FIA next week. He has been at the Renault/Nissan squad since 2015. He will be replacing Alpha Tauri (or whatever they are called this week) bound Alessandra Ciliberti at the FIA
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Updated: Following the incident earlier today, the FIA have advised Formula E & all teams that on-track activities have been cancelled for rest of the day. This will allow for the area to return to safe working conditions. Further updates will be shared in due course.
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Some strong mileage for Maserati MSG at Valencia. A turbulent off season but
@maxg_official
and
@DaruvalaJehan
did 489 laps between them and a total distance of 1650kms.
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Formula E Notebook is open for questions on the season so far and looking ahead to Misano. So fire away and we will answer ahead of flying out to 🇮🇹 domani. Grazie
#MisanoEPrix
Then we rocked up
@FIAFormulaE
for a chat with The Gaffer
@JeffFormulaE
which was also very interesting. Lots of good stuff coming up in next weeks Notebook pre- São Paulo
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